Velocitek S10

I use the S10 and quite impressed with it. Compared to an Etrex etc the S10 has a homemade feel to it when you crack it open and this you must do often due to the design. The power switch is mechanical and inside the case as opposed to the 2 function buttons which are waterproof and are external to the case.

The case is built very durable but I had an incident where the clip holding it closed flipped open during sailing which I suspect was caused by a sheet. I am now using a large O-ring to keep the case clip safe from opening. I would either build this case with double clips and/or a safety lock if I were the designer.

However kudos to Velocitek, they replaced my waterdamaged device after the incident. I can name many manufacturers who in this case would have simply brushed me off telling me I caused the problem. I was very impressed with their approach and will recommend their products to anyone who cares to listen.

you can also buy an optional clip which makes it possible to clip the S10 device on a tiller or any other spar part thats about an inch in diameter.

Last but not least, the device is very useful if you travel to interesting places and wish to share your trip route etc with your friends. You can use the device in a car or during treklking for example and store position data for up to 10 hours and then export to Google Earth KML files which you can email around etc. Very much fun.

Hope this helps. Cheers

I've got a GPS in my phone that I use to record NMEA logs when I'm racing.

Then I've got a converter that plots the track into google earth - you can really see how well you were playing the shifts upwind!

I had a look at their website -  can I ask how much they are.

(I couldn't find price-information),.

Certainly sound very interesting - was personally about to start looking into buying an etrex.

thanks

  Fin

You have two external buttons. One for each end of the windward / leeward course. When you reach each mark you just touch the button. Or you can even do the setting on land. All it does is to store the compass heading between the two points you touch the buttons and then compute VMG using trigonometry. This is explained quite nicely in the user manual pdf which is on their web site. Hope this helps.